The British minister raised the issue once again yesterday only to be shut down by EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, who said the European Council would only proceed to future ties when "sufficient progress has been made" in other areas. The Japanese government should increase efforts to seek action from Britain and the European Union so the ef...

The 49-year-old has been remanded in prison ahead of a hearing scheduled to take place next week. Fifty-year-old Amor Ftouhi, who carried out the "lone-wolf" attack had entered the U.S. Meanwhile, Neville was "doing well" at a hospital, airport Director Craig Williams said Thursday. Police in Canada were searching a Montreal apartment.

Britain's National Crime Agency tweeted that it was looking into the matter with the help of the National Cyber Security Centre . The post United Kingdom parliament cuts e-mail access after cyberattack appeared first on The Independent Uganda :.

In a statement , a parliament spokesperson said it was investigating "unauthorised attempts to access accounts of parliamentary networks users". The House of Commons said it was working with the National Cyber Security Centre to defend parliament's network and was confident it had protected all accounts and systems.

Portsmouth City Council said cladding from all its tower blocks was independently tested and the material on the 18-storey Horatia House and Leamington House came back as "a fire risk". They have stressed that any people involved in the fire, or who have information about victims, will not have their immigration status checked amid concerns that so...

Donations to the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees would have soared. The two candidates together had spent more money on this campaign than on any other House contest in USA history, over US$50 million. Democrats also lost in Montana where the Republican candidates won even after assault charges against him and also suffered ...

Democrats also lost a special election in SC on Tuesday in a race Republicans were widely expected to win. "And you can't get away from the fact that in Georgia this was seen as a test of whether the resistance by Democrats was going to overpower the Republicans or whether the Trump vote would hold".

The Taliban stormed a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday after striking it with two suicide vehicle bombs, killing several police officers, officials said. The Taliban also claimed responsibility for an attack on a Afghan military base that left well over 100 troops dead. With President Ashraf Ghani's government lock...

USA president Donald Trump's suggestion to add solar panels to a wall he wants built along the border with Mexico may require some unexpected cooperation from America's southern neighbour to make it a reality - Mexico will have to agree to help keep it clean.

Trump's explanation implies that his tweets would have intimidated Comey into telling the truth instead of fabricating the details of their interactions. "We have four very good people that - it's not that they're opposed; they'd like to get certain changes", Trump said. The four leaders of the investigations , Reps.

Reports in recent days have pointed out that lawyers working on the probe have donated to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's campaigns. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Fox News that by bringing up the idea of tapes , Comey came to think, "I better be honest".

Earlier this year, diplomatic intervention by Britain helped ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan . Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that Chinese friendship is a valuable asset for every Pakistani and Pakistan is proud of Pak-China friendship.

Spicer said he had "seen the reports" from the intelligence community concluding that the Russian government ordered an influence campaign to interfere with the US election, but that he has not asked Trump about his views. "As requested by the president, we would like to schedule a follow-up meeting with the entire membership of the Congressional...

In remarks to The Guardian , Handel said , "The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more". I think we're just sitting back and taking it. Trump himself weighed in over Twitter Thursday morning with digs at Pe...

Entrenched career politician Nancy Pelosi is finally feeling the heat from an unlikely place - her own Party. "I think there was consensus within the room that there are other members within the caucus who feel just like we do", Texas Rep.

Otto Warmbier certainly did not deserve to die, but neither did the millions of North Koreans who have been starved or worked to death in 69 years of brutal repression by their communist government. He warned that the " smear campaign " against the North compelled it to "make firm determination that humanitarianism and benevolence for the enemy ar...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) brushed off concerns raised by some in the House Democratic Caucus that she is dragging them down in competitive races, saying her legislative and fundraising prowess make up for any downsides to being seen with her.

Heller is the most politically endangered Republican senator in 2018, by some distance. Vice President Mike Pence has made weekly trips to Capitol Hill to meet with senators about the health care bill and said he and the president are "determined before this summer is out" to keep their promise to break up Obamacare .

Behar underestimated the Democrats' problem - they've actually lost four out of four special elections since Trump was elected. When it comes to Pelosi among centrist Independents and Republicans, that is certainly the case, a fact echoed by the CLG's Director who acknowledged that "if Pelosi ever retired we'd be in a lot of trouble".

The two leaders will not address a press conference but will issue individual press statements. PM Modi was received by US Ambassador to India , MaryKay Loss Carlson and Indian Ambassador Navtej Sarna. "The US also has a defence partnership with Pakistan. This includes freedom of navigation and overflight", the official asserted. When asked abou...